Author Archives: John Barresi

Issue 46: Windless Festival (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi

2006 KTAI Trade Show – Day 5

Welcome to the last day of the 2006 KTAI trade show daily updates at Kitelife!  [...]

2006 KTAI Trade Show – Day 4

Wheeeeeeeeeeee! Going about our morning in the usual fashion, we headed straight for the field [...]

2006 KTAI Trade Show – Day 3

Up for another early morning, we found ourselves back at the convention center around 9am [...]

2006 KTAI Trade Show – Day 2

After my usual stop at Starbucks and the playful realization I should probably approach them [...]

2006 KTAI Trade Show – Day 1

Wow, off to another KTAI trade show… Having gone to the one in Primm last [...]

Issue 45: From the Editor

Happy Holidays and welcome to yet another issue of Kitelife – what a long, strange [...]

Issue 45: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 45: ProFile – David Gomberg

As a “pup” with only 15 years of kiting behind me, it seems like David [...]

Issue 45: ProFile – Stephanie Hiebert

As one of the true “workhorses” in modern sport kiting, Stephanie Hiebert is seemingly always [...]

Issue 45: ProFile: Tristan Underwood

At only 9 years of age, this young man from Canada has already been competing [...]

Issue 45: Lincoln City Fall Festival (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi

Issue 44: From the Editor

Welcome to our latest issue, it’s been a crazy past few weeks with so much [...]

Issue 44: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 44: ProFile with Otto Vossen

Amidst my travels to India, Malaysia and Taiwan last year I kept bumping into one [...]

Issue 44: Berkeley Kite Festival

As one of the original hot beds of sport kiting, Berkeley has been host to [...]

Issue 44: Washington State Intl Kite Festival

Coming straight off the Summer Heat sport kite competition further north in Ocean Shores, I [...]

Issue 44: Crescent City Labor Day Fly

Earlier this year I attended the Southern Oregon Kite Festival in Brookings Oregon, where a [...]

Issue 44: Washington State Intl Kite Festival (gallery)

Photos by John Barresi

2005 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals – Day 6

Up and at ’em for the final day of this year’s nationals, I tumbled out [...]

2005 AKA Convention and Grand Nationals – Day 5

With my longest competition day ahead of me, we wandered down part way towards the [...]